Community Spotlight
Introducing XenClient Central - THE place for Citrix Bare Metal Local Virtual Desktop information
Since announcing Project Independence with Intel at the start of the year and announcing our XenClient local virtual desktop solution at our Synergy show in May, we have been absolutely bombarded with questions and interest in plans for this amazing new bare metal Local Virtual Desktop platform...
CitrixLive! - The revolution has begun
Thousands of people from over a hundred countries joined the revolution in desktop virtualization at CitrixLive! Secrets, Lies and VDI virtual event on October 20. CitrixLive! may be over, but you can still access sessions and materials on-demand at www.citrix.com/citrixlive until January 20, 2010. CitrixLive! revealed the truth and dispelled the myths about desktop and application virtualization, and showed how XenDesktop 4 can leverage existing IT infrastructures to provide pristine, high definition, on-demand desktops to every user, on any device and any network connection. Don't miss out.
The Synergy Door is Open - Now is Your Chance
Starting next week, Citrix will be accepting speaking proposals for our big Synergy conference, May 11-14 in San Francisco. Synergy is focused on the growing convergence between virtualization, networking, and cloud computing. Because interoperability and openness are central to this theme, we'd like to encourage technical experts and thought leaders around the industry to contribute proposals that focus on a wide range of real world topics, not just those that center exclusively on Citrix technologies..
It takes more than a protocol to deliver the best possible experience
Today we announced another key addition to our portfolio of HDX technologies within XenDesktop, enabling high definition virtual desktops - HDX 3D.
Before we get into too much detail, in my experience it's always sensible and logical to consider the broader context to gain perspective and not get lost in the marketing. For me this is about extending our leadership position in delivering user experience that we have built with HDX technologies over the last 20 years...
HDX 3D - What Happened to Pictor, Apollo and Prism
I don't care what anyone says, it's really not that hard to virtualize a desktop. The hard part is delivering virtual apps and desktops to users in a way that's so fast... so smooth... so seamless, they don't even realize it's not running locally. Believe me, THAT is no easy task. Introduce a slight mouse delay or drop a few frames, and users go nuts...
DevonIT Wins Citrix Ready XenDesktop Challenge - Best Video
Today, we are pleased to announce the winners of the Citrix Ready XenDesktop challenge. We asked our Thin Client partners to submit videos representing the best Thin Client to use with XenDesktop. The videos were posted to CitrixTV to be viewed by ourselves and the community. The winners were decided by following judges; Doug Brown, Sumit Dhawan, and myself Chris Fleck, plus the community votes of ratings and view count.
Upcoming XenDesktop Ask the Architect TechTalk Series
Big discussions are happening in August and will you be part of it? Over three days in August a XenDesktop Ask the Architect TechTalk series will be delivered focusing on analyzing, designing and implementing a VDI solution.
Myths & Facts about Desktop Virtualization - help you pick the best virtual desktop solution
There are three myths that exist about Citrix's desktop virtualization or virtual desktop offering. Unfortunately, most of these have been propagated via misinformation being packaged as customer education by Citrix's competition! I thought it'd be good for me to share the truth behind each myth
There's a community for that
I'm sure you are all familiar with the iPhone commercials and the ubiquitous "there is an app for that" phrase that has seemingly become the catch phrase of this decade. Previous catch phrases include but not limited to The 70s "Heeeey" , The 80s "Where's the Beef?" The 90s "Doh!".
Citrix NetScaler VPX Tech Preview
Watch how easy it is to startup the NetScaler VM inside of XenCenter. Win $10,000 through the VPX Challenge. Find more details about the new NetScaler VPX.
Citrix Ready XenDesktop Challenge
View and rate videos on Citrix TV by thin client vendors demonstrating their device capabilities and features with Citrix XenDesktop.
Your rating decided the winner in "Best overall offering (User Community Vote)".
Citrix XenServer Central
If you're a user of Citrix XenServer, the free enterprise-class cloud-proven virtualization infrastructure, this site is your one-stop information center. Whether you're looking for help in selecting hardware for your XenServer deployment, the latest news from Citrix and the Internet, new partner offerings, or the quickest path to online support resources, check here daily to see the latest...
Citrix Dazzle Tech Preview
Citrix Dazzle - the first self-service "storefront" for enterprise applications gives corporate employees 24x7 self-service access to the applications they need to work. Dazzle offers a rich, intuitive user experience that requires no training. Download the tech preview today...
Citrix XenServer 5.5 Released
Citrix has announced the immediate availability of Citrix XenServer 5.5, a significant new upgrade that raises the bar once again for free, enterprise-class virtualization. Today's announcement comes just 75 days after Citrix changed the game in server virtualization by making the full enterprise-class XenServer platform available for unlimited production deployment at no charge...
"Independence Day" is coming...
2008 ended with a resounding call for change. It became the slogan as we entered 2009 and continues to hold true across political, social, and technological themes. Over the past few months since my last post, I'm beginning to see more and more change occurring; customers adopting virtual desktop technology as they look to really drive down the cost of desktop ownership associated with users...
What Sessions Would You Like to See at Synergy 2009?
Our Events team is putting together the content for Citrix Synergy 2009 now. The team would like your input on the content. Please answer the poll questions below...
Virtualization Congress at Citrix Synergy 2009
If you're addicted to virtualization.info like me you'll have seen the announcement by Alessandro Perilli that the industry's first vendor neutral virtualization conference, Virtualization Congress 2009, will be hosted virtualization.info in Las Vegas at the same time as Citrix Synergy 2009 - May 4-8 2009.
Introducing Project Kensho Technology Preview
Citrix Project Kensho provides administrators with highly usable tools that facilitate the export and import of virtual machines and virtual machine based workloads...
